Richard Reid is an Australian-based American

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''. Retrieved 14 January 2019. He is known for his daily Hollywood gossip segment on the

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's breakfast program ''

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'' from 2006 until 2015. During this time, he was also the resident style expert on Nine's makeover show, '' Domestic Blitz'' and appeared on other Nine programs such as ''

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''.

Early life

Reid studied at

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in New York City, where he graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with honours in the film and theatre literature degree.

Career

Hired as an entertainment reporter for

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in Seattle, Washington, Reid caused a stir in 1999 when he became the first openly gay on-air personality in the region. He quickly became known for his hilarious celebrity interviews, insider gossip and his ‘Richard’s Reels’ movie reviews. In 2004, Reid moved to Hollywood and established a name for himself as a producer, creating daily stories for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Insider'' and the

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. While working on the

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lot, he began doing the occasional gossip cross for the Australian ''

Show'' which immediately caught on with viewers. Soon, that once-a-week segment became a permanent fixture, culminating with four live crosses to Hollywood each and every day. He remained with the show for 8 years. In 2008, Reid joined forces with

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and

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as a team member on the popular Sunday night reality series '' Domestic Blitz''. The show ran for four series. From 2009 to 2015, Reid has been an entertainment and Hollywood gossip reporter on radio shows ''

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'' on Australian station

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, ''Morning Crew'' on Malaysian station Hitz.fm and on the ''Breakfast'' show on South African station

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. Having parted ways with ''Today'' in 2015, he would return to the

in the same year as a cast member on the fourth season of ''

The Celebrity Apprentice Australia ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia'' is an Australian reality television series which aired on the Nine Network. Based on NBC's '' The Apprentice'', it first aired on 24 October 2011 and originally featured Mark Bouris, the founder and chair ...

''. While he appeared on every episode, he was fired in a double elimination on the second to the last episode. In 2019, Reid returned to the reality show genre, participating in the fifth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in South Africa. He was crowned "King of the Jungle" after winning the series, which had high viewer ratings. In July 2019, Reid made his Australian stage debut in

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’s spectacular 3D musical production of ''Jack and Beanstalk'' at Sydney's historic State Theatre. Dividing his time between Los Angeles and Sydney, Reid appeared as a contributing panelist on Network Ten's morning show ''

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''. In February 2020, Reid was featured in '' First Dates Australia''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Richard 1968 births Living people 21st-century American journalists American television reporters and correspondents American male journalists I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series) winners Place of birth missing (living people)